Hi guys, If you have some time I would love to hear your opinion on the following design uploaded on ThemeForest - PSD Templates. They were both hard rejected for quality standard reasons.

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01-Homepage
01-Homepage1920×5908 1.23 MB
02-category-grid
02-category-grid1920×3340 659 KB

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It’s not bad -

I assume you also have different layouts, individual post pages by type e.g. single/multiple image, video, quote etc. etc.

Probably the biggest challenge for you is that this design exists already (and coded) quite a bit so you are going to need to find layouts and designs that really make it stand out.

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With respect, ou are in the right way, but this is not enough.
Just check out the latest thems and check your https://themeforest.net/category/site-templates

Try, study and move forward - this is the main advice